The hydrography and biology of a bloom of the coccolithophorid Emiliania huxleyi in the northern North Sea

Journal of Sea Research

Volumn 39, Issue 3-4, 1998, Pages 255-266

  Head, Robert N ^a   Crawford, David W ^b   Egge, Jorun K ^c   Harris, Roger P ^a   Kristiansen, Svein ^d   Lesley, David J ^a   Marañón, Emilio ^b,e   Pond, David ^a   Purdie, Duncan A ^b  

^a PLYMOUTH MARINE LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

^d UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^e UNIVERSITY OF OVIEDO   (Spain)

Author keywords

Calcification; Coccolith; Emiliania huxleyi; North Sea; Photosynthesis

Indexed keywords

BLOOM; COCCOLITHOPHORE; HYDROGRAPHY;

NORTH SEA;

EMILIANIA HUXLEYI;

EID: 0031810629     PISSN: 13851101     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1385-1101(97)00060-9     Document Type: Article

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